It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Difficulty Quotes, Risk-taking Quotes

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow

He who profits by a crime commits it

He who profits by a crime commits it

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Abstinence is easier than temperance

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

The greater part of progress is the desire for progress

The greater part of progress is the desire for progress

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor,...

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor,...

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life...

A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life...

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern,...

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern,...